A MAN who bottled a former family friend in a “moment of madness” was jailed.

Judge Gerald Clifton told Allen Weston, 24, he had no choice but to jail him for two-and-a-half years for the attack on David Lloyd, even though he said it was “completely contrary to the way you have behaved up to now”.

Michael Stephenson prosecuting, told Liverpool crown court a witness saw Weston smash a bottle on a table in a Mathew Street club and then use the jagged end to “stab” Mr Lloyd in the head. Mr Lloyd suffered two cuts which sprayed blood over those nearby.

Weston and two friends ran off, but were stopped by security guards and police nearby. Weston, of Brae Street, Kensington, immediately confessed to the November 16, attack in Remeniss Bar. He told officers: “I’m not going to lie, I’ve bottled him.

“He’s terrorised my family, I’ve seen red and bottled him.”

The court heard former family friend Mr Lloyd has a conviction for harassing his ex-partner, a friend of Weston’s mother. Weston told how his mum had also been effected by Mr Lloyd’s actions.

Peter Killen, defending, told how Weston was of “positive good character” and done a lot of community work with charity sports organisations, as well as addressing racial tension and coaching kids football. Mr Killen said: “This is a young man with much to his credit, never been in trouble before. He’s likely never to be in trouble again. He committed this offence in a moment of madness.”